Will Helicopters Ever Get an Improved Rotor Animation/Effect?

[Frakin Toasters]

Hey there guys,

 

I have been wanting to to ask this for a really long time, but I always assumed that by now we would have a better graphical effect for the whirlybirds. I fly them pretty much exclusively and have been since BS1, and it always bothers me how they appear. Considering how excellent and modern the graphical effect for propellers on the fighters look I'm surprised there's not been a comparable upgrade to the rotors as well. There really needs to be at the least, a gradual transition to the blur model from the static one. I play in VR which is driving this point home for me even further, as they are immersion breaking especially at full speed. Due to their high-speed nature in the game, they are also very dependent on framerate which makes them look weird as the system performance fluctuates.

 

They even switch to the blur model at different rates between the two eyes, so that on the left screen they are the solid blades, but in the right one they are blurry which is very uncomfortable to look at. I should probably post this in the bugs section as well.

 

I would imagine the topic of rotor animation has come up before over the years but more attention needs to be paid towards it in my opinion. It doesn't seem like it would be super difficult to achieve.

 

Cheers! Still the best simulator ever!

[Devrim]

That is in my mind really really long time too, but hesitate to open a thread, because there're many guys to argue this with you (and me). So, I didn't bother.

 

Thanks. :)

[Bearfoot]

I agree it could be better ... but in this case, I am of the philosophy, "if it ain't broke don't fix it", and if you think it is broke now, you have not seen broke yet. What am I talking about?

 

Have you got the Spitfire?

 

It's rotor animation is amazing.

 

But it ruins the entire game in VR, because it messes up Oculus Rift's ASW due to the high frame rates. Everything in your forward view goes all squiggly-wiggly, and you have to shut off ASW which brings its own penalities.

 

It's a horrible situation, made worse because some aesthetic effect is impacting gameplay. Other prop modules don't have as nice an animation, but they work out-of-the-box with ASW and that's so much more important.

 

So, I would be happy to keep the current animation which is a let down, but not a game-breaker, rather than break the (VR) game just for some pointless razzle-dazzle.

[Frakin Toasters]

Hmm, I don't really appreciate the topic being moved to 'wishlist', where it'll never get an answer.

[mytai01]

If they can do better then I'm sure they will. It's just about WHAT can be done verses what everyone wants...

[some1]

Have you got the Spitfire?

 

It's rotor animation is amazing.

 

Why it's so amazing? It doesn't look anything like the real propeller in any airplane. They made it basing on camera footage, that's not what human eye sees when looking at a spinning propeller.

Edited December 6, 2017 by some1